Human rights

‘Dictators die, the people live on’: What Syria’s revolution means for those who fled Assad’s regime
Syria

‘Dictators die, the people live on’: What Syria’s revolution means for those who fled Assad’s regime

A month on, Syrians in Britain reflect on the changes in their home country after the revolution of 8 December

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage
Tanya

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage

Tanya was a teacher back home, and fled torture. After claiming asylum in the UK, creative writing is helping her to heal

‘Shameful’ Saudi Arabia to be 2034 World Cup hosts. It’s a ‘moment of great danger’ for human rights
Sportswashing

‘Shameful’ Saudi Arabia to be 2034 World Cup hosts. It’s a ‘moment of great danger’ for human rights

Saudi Arabia bags 2034 World Cup amidst cries of sportswashing. Experts say it’s a disaster awaiting human rights

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis
Alex Firth

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people’s ignorance to the rainforest
Nemonte Nenquimo

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people’s ignorance to the rainforest

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Healthcare for trans youth is a human right – it should matter to us all
Chiara Capraro

Healthcare for trans youth is a human right – it should matter to us all

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival
Israel-Gaza war

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival

DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’
Public toilets

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’

Britain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds
Transgender rights

Britain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
opinion

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown
Public Order Act

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider
Disability

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider

The government’s anti-protest bill is back. Here’s what you might not know about it
Public Order Bill

The government’s anti-protest bill is back. Here’s what you might not know about it

Exclusive: Controversial new laws forced through to restrict noisy protests haven’t been used by police
Protest

Exclusive: Controversial new laws forced through to restrict noisy protests haven’t been used by police

Shami Chakrabarti: The best new year’s resolution for 2023? Defend our human rights
Shami Chakrabarti

Shami Chakrabarti: The best new year’s resolution for 2023? Defend our human rights

Here’s what people in Dover really think about UK immigration
Immigration

Here’s what people in Dover really think about UK immigration

Essential voices of protest must not be compromised
Paul McNamee

Essential voices of protest must not be compromised

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws
Rough sleeping

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws

Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?
Protest

Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?

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Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch ‘after he filmed a stop and search’
Met Police

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch ‘after he filmed a stop and search’

Raja Shehadeh: We weren’t close in life, but in researching my father I finally understand him
Palestine

Raja Shehadeh: We weren’t close in life, but in researching my father I finally understand him

Boris Johnson leaves with ‘trust in politics at an all time low’, say campaigners
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson leaves with ‘trust in politics at an all time low’, say campaigners

The UK approach to replacing the Human Rights Act is just as worrying as the replacement itself
Human rights

The UK approach to replacing the Human Rights Act is just as worrying as the replacement itself